Improved door-bell



. O. A. NORTH.

Door Bell.

Patented April 27, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. s9,3 aated A ril 27, 1869.

IMPROVED DOOR-BELL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORRIN A. NORTH, of thetown of New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and improved Way of Operating the Hammer in a Door orTable-Gall Bell; and

of the bell by a pull on a geared lever, and that working a ratchet andwheel, causing the hammer to strike the bell two, three, or more timesat each pull while in the act of ringing the bell.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation. V

It is operated by a lever, as shown in the drawing at letter A, on oneend of which there is a gear,.forming a part circle, as shown in fig. 3,working on a pin or stud, as its fulcrum, as shown at H on the drawingmatching into and operating a gear-wheel, B, as shown in fig. 3, whichsets on a pin or stud marked 0, and

sitting on the same pin or stud that the geared wheel B works upon, and.lying'upon it is a circular plate, with pins in the upper surface ofthe plate to operate the hammer, as shown atO in the drawing. Upon thelower side of the plate 0 (the plate being larger than the gear-wheel B)is attached a ratchet, operated by a spring, as shown in fig. 2, whichcatches into the teeth of the gear-wheel B, turning the plate 0 andoperating the hammer, the plate 0 being held stationary by afriction-spring, (a part of the same spring which operates the hammer,)while the lever A is thrown back to its place after being pulled in theact of ringing the hell by the spri'ng D, as shown in the drawing, thespring being attached to the bell-post,

marked F, reaching out on the shank of the lever A, these bearing upon apin set in said shank, as shown at A. The situation and operation of thehammer will be shown in the drawing at E. The bell.

used is a gong-bell, screwed on to the post marked F and covering theinside or working part of the bell, except the end of the lever A, towhich the wires for operating the same are attached.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- The application of a lever-gear, matching into a gear-wheel orshaft, in combination with a ratchet and plate with pins or armsthereon, for the better operation of the hammer, to a door or call-bell,substantially as set forth and described in the above specification.

' ORRIN A. NORTH. Witnesses:

RICHARD S. PORTER, LESTER A. Vrnnnnrs.

